News & Updates

In this rule, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand the Validated End User Authorization (VEU) program to include VEU Authorization for data centers located in specified destinations ("Data Center VEU" or "Data Center VEU Authorization"). This expansion of...

On July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register the proposed rule, "Proposed Amendments to End-Use and End-User Based Export Controls, Including U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and Intelligence End Uses and End Users" with comments originally due September 27, 2024. This notification...

On July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule, "Export Administration Regulations: Crime Controls and Expansion/Update of U.S. Persons Controls" with comments originally due September 27, 2024. This notification extends the deadline for written comments to October 15, 2024. This...

With this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by making certain revisions and clarifications. This final rule revises provisions related to the voluntary self-disclosure process for exporters who believe that they may have violated the EAR, or any order, license or...

This proposed rule would amend the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Industrial Base Surveys—Data Collections regulations by establishing reporting requirements for the development of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models and computing clusters under the Executive order of October 30, 2023, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is implementing export controls on several semiconductor, quantum, and additive manufacturing items for national security and foreign policy reasons. This rule adds new Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) to the Commerce Control List, revises existing ECCNs, adds a new license exception to...

In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 123 entities under 131 entries to the Entity List. These entries are listed on the Entity List under the destinations of Canada (1), the People's Republic of China (China) (42), the Crimea Region of Ukraine (1), Cyprus (1), Iran...

In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) makes changes to the Russian and Belarusian sanctions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This final rule expands the scope of the Russia/Belarus-Military End User (MEU) Foreign-Direct Product (FDP) rule, and renames it accordingly, so that the rule will also apply to...

The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), seeks public comments on proposed amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. To build upon existing controls, BIS proposes establishing certain Foreign-Security End User (FSEU) and "U.S. persons"...

The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), seeks public comment on proposed changes to existing restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) on military and intelligence end uses and end users and related U.S. persons activities controls, as well as the proposed addition of a military-support end-user...